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Friday, March 10, 2017

Fitness Friday

This week has been a
blur!Something major happened at my
house this week; my daughter decided to boycott naps.To be completely truthful, she is trying to
abandon sleep altogether, but she hasn’t convinced me to jump on the 'no sleep' bandwagon, yet.

A toddler’s decision to quit
napping doesn’t seem fitness related, but I assure you that it is.My entire exercise routine has changed this
week because of her sleep patterns:

1. I can no longer solo
exercise during her naptime. And,

2. I can’t wake up early to
exercise alone, because she is already awake. Like, one day 3:00 am was “morning”.
That’s how things have been going in my neck of the woods.

This will not (CAN not) be a
permanent situation.But, while it
lasts, here’s what’s up in my fitness life…

What’s new:I am still doing a 40-day running challenge
(today is day 38!) but this week, I got the added adventure of doing each run
with a two-year-old by my side.It has
been wild, but also fun.

Changes to my routine: I have traded my normal running music for a
full Halloween playlist. My daughter is
really into Halloween right now, which makes sense, being that it is March. Pumpkins, ghosts, witches, bats and Halloween
music are a big hit at our house. She loves playing in our basement, but doesn’t
particularly WANT me to go on the treadmill.
Unless, of course, she can have a “monster ball” (major dancing
included) to the Halloween music that I blare on the basement stereo while I
run.

Running: 30 total miles

Longest Run: 7.5 miles

Shortest Run: 3 miles

Craziest Run: We lost power
at my house for approximately one minute on Wednesday.It happened while it was dark outside and I
was on the treadmill.The treadmill came
to an abrupt halt and everything went pitch black.I almost died.

Strangest Physical Activity Performed:
Track season starts on Monday (yikes!) and in preparation, my husband has
placed a bucket full of track related things he needs to take to school on our
kitchen table.This includes a track
baton.All week, him and my daughter
have been practicing baton passing and they’ve roped me into their game.Regardless of what I am doing, one of them
will run at me with the baton and yell “stick!”. This means I am supposed to
run around the house and pass it to someone else by also yelling “stick!”.

My family is a relay team.

Most challenging physical
activity performed with a 2-year-old: Our DVD player broke about a month ago,
and my mother-in-law gave us an old one that she had in her basement.My husband hooked it up this week and when he
turned it on we discovered that there was an old Jane Fonda exercise video
inside.My daughter immediately started
following along with the exercises, which was hilarious, and I joined her for a
fun-filled 15 minutes of moderate to vigorous aerobic activity.

Weirdest Food: There hasn’t
been a lot of time for weird food this week, but I’ll fill you in on a
secret.A major portion of my town lost
power this week due to wind.Currently,
my parents power is still out, and they are storing a bunch of food in our
basement freezer.

I have been eating their
food! Shh, don't tell!

Small portions.I don’t think they will notice.Last night I ate a Dr. Praeger’s Super Greens
Veggie Burger.It was good.

Fitness highlight of the
week: The highlight of this week is that
I made it to day 38 of the running challenge.

Goals for next week:
Complete my 40-day running challenge!

Questions: What was your
fitness highlight this week? Have you ever lost power while on a
treadmill?If you have kids, do they
sleep?

2 comments:

Um, your family sounds like so much fun! My husband and I met running relays, so I have no doubt we'll try to entice our daughter into a family one of sorts one day too. Two other things: (1) I love that your daughter loves Halloween music--ours likes to dance to the Monster Mash song, although I think she likes the sound effects parts the best. :) And (2) I'm so, so sorry about the no-napping trend you're suffering through right now. I can only imagine how frustrating and exhausting that must be. My sympathies!

That's awesome that you met your husband running relays! To this day, I have never ran a race with my husband. We run together when we can, but for some reason, we have never registered to run a race together. I guess one of us always has to be a cheerleader!

I am glad to learn that your daughter likes the Monster Mash too, the sound effects are the best part! As soon as my daughter hears the bubbling cauldron sounds she gets so excited. It's crazy! I don't even know what she will do when it is actually October.